The Ministry Of Health Gives Two Options For Local Governments To Open Vaccination Services For Residents Who Don't Have NIK

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JAKARTA - Spokesperson for vaccination from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) Siti Nadia Tarmizi said that her party made two options for local governments to administer vaccinations to residents who do not yet have a population identification number (NIK).

First, local governments can invite their citizens to take care of their NIK at the local Population and Civil Registration Service (Dukcapil). Second, local governments can provide vaccination services by placing Dukcapil officers.

"It will be technically regulated at the regional government. There are two things, people who don't have a NIK can go directly to the Dukcapil to take care of their NIK and secondly, there are services with vaccines and Dukcapil," Nadia told VOI, Monday, August 9.

It is known that the vaccination of residents who do not have a NIK also targets vulnerable communities such as groups of people with disabilities, indigenous peoples, residents of correctional institutions, people with social welfare problems (PMKS), and problematic Indonesian migrant workers.

For groups that have limited mobility, local governments can make data collections for residents to be vaccinated in certain locations.

"For groups such as prison residents, it could also be PMKS sufferers, later the NIK will be registered and made by the Dukcapil so that they can get access to vaccines," said Nadia.

For information, the government is now allowing residents who do not have a resident identification number (NIK) to get a COVID-19 vaccination. This is stated in the Circular Letter of the Ministry of Health Number HK.02.02/III/15242/2021.

As previously known, the implementation of national vaccination requires data collection on targets that will be included in the Information System for a COVID-19 vaccination data containing name and address (by name and by address), as well as NIK.

Therefore, so that the implementation of vaccination can be intensified, it is necessary to optimize support for the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination by allowing residents who do not have a NIK to be vaccinated.

This will make it easier for these community groups to access vaccination sites in each region, so that the goal of forming herd immunity can be achieved.